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Bishop releases update on sex abuse crisis
Bishop Anthony B. Taylor released the following letter updating the people of the Diocese of Little Rock about the ongoing clergy sexual abuse crisis and assistance to victims: "Brothers and Sisters in Christ, last month I issued a letter to all the people of the Diocese of Little Rock to be transparent about how the sexual abuse crisis in the Church included Arkansas. I released the names of 12 priests with service in Arkansas who, as of Sept. 10, 2018, had been credibly accused of the sexual abuse of minors over the course of the last 70 years. I also announced that Kinsale Management ..." ... More
One Church to help local parishes in need
The Diocese of Little Rock recently launched One Church: Unite Arkansas in Faith and Mission, a new program that invites all parishes in Arkansas to partner with a struggling, neighboring rural parish and help it become a thriving community. Catholic Charities of Arkansas will oversee this initiative, which will run from September to August each year. This year’s partner is St. Luke Church in Warren, a growing congregation in southeast Arkansas whose decaying, older building can no longer accommodate them. The sanctuary is too small for their one Sunday night Mass ... More
Eight respect life grants awarded in 2018
The Diocese of Little Rock awarded respect life grants to eight recipients the first week in October to mark Respect Life Month. Grants ranged from $100 to $1,000. A total of $6,000 was distributed to Catholic churches and organizations in Arkansas that promote a consistent ethic of life in the areas of education, outreach and direct client services. The Respect Life Office accepted applications for this new program until Aug. 30. The recipients are: Arkansas Right to Life; grant to support its abortion pill reversal awareness campaign; Our Lady of the Holy Souls ... More
Martín Amaro ordained a deacon in Rome
Diocese of Little Rock seminarian Martín Amaro was one of 40 men ordained to the transitional diaconate by Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, archbishop of Galveston-Houston and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, on Sept. 27 at St. Peter Basilica at the Vatican. He served his first Mass as a deacon on Sept. 28 at the basilica. Archbishop Jorge Carlos Patron Wong of Mexico, who is in charge of seminarian formation at the Vatican, was the celebrant. Amaro, 26, is studying at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, the seminary for American ... More
Donate to help victims of natural disasters
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is asking Catholics across the country to take up an emergency special collection to help the Church respond to immediate needs for water, food, shelter, and medical care, and aid in long-term recovery and rebuilding as a result of natural disasters in 2018. Bishop Anthony B. Taylor announced that the 2018 Disasters Collection will be taken up in all the parishes in the Diocese of Little Rock Oct. 6-7. “The poor are always hit hardest and there is a tremendous unmet need," wrote Bishop Taylor in a letter to be read at all Masses. ... More
Pope Francis: Pray rosary daily in October
Pope Francis is asking the Catholic faithful worldwide to pray the rosary every day in October, which is traditionally known as the month of the rosary. His invitation issued on Sept. 29, the feast of the archangels, explained that doing this would join us "in communion and in penitence, as the people of God, in asking the holy Mother of God and St. Michael, the archangel to protect the Church from the devil, who always seeks to separate us from God and from each other." The Holy Father met earlier in September with Jesuit Father Federic Fornos, international director of the pope's ... More
Arkansans attend V Encuentro Nacional
Nine delegates from the Diocese of Little Rock attended V Encuentro Nacional (Fifth National Encounter) Sept. 20-23 in Grapevine, Texas. They were: Bishop Anthony B. Taylor; Msgr. Scott Friend, VG, and diocesan vocations director; Sister Norma Edith Muñoz, MCP, diocesan director of Hispanic ministry; Deacon Arturo Castrejón of Rogers; and four lay delegates, Paola Salgado of St. John Church in Russellville; Jonathan Ramírez, Hispanic ministry and technology coordinator at St. Raphael Church in Springdale; Kimberly Colula of Our Lady of Guadalupe ... More
Respect Life Month: Every life is cherished
The Catholic Church in the United States celebrates Respect Life Month each October to proclaim the immeasurable value of every person from conception to natural death. Catholics in Arkansas take part in events throughout the month, including Life Chain and 40 Days for Life, to put their faith into prayer and action. The 31st annual Life Chain Sunday will be held Oct. 7. It is always held on the first Sunday of October. Life Chain brings people together in a "peaceful and prayerful public witness" to form a line on sidewalks in cities across the United States and Canada. ... More
